China, for the first time, sent its top soldier to the annual meeting -- General Liang Guanglie -- who spoke at length about China's peace-loving nature and focus on cooperative development and security in the region.

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The other would be a regional process in which Congo and its neighbors could address shared security threats and negotiate cooperative investment and infrastructure arrangements that could ignite a real economic boom for Central Africa.

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Second, it is quite possible that this will motivate the Chinese and the Security Council to be more cooperative to more stringent sanctions resolutions, which we can expect to be framed pretty straight away.

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But it is vital to our national security interests, and maintaining that cooperative relationship is a high priority precisely because it is in the interests of the United States of America and the American people that we do maintain that relationship.

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The U.S. Department of Defense and the Indonesian Ministry of Defense signed a Framework Arrangement on Cooperative Activities in the Field of Defense that will enhance the quality of security cooperation.

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Though some agencies like the U.S. Coast Guard and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have been cooperative, other agencies -- like the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and Human Services -- have ignored the committee's requests or produced substantially less than was requested, the senator said.

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The United States of America and the Russian Federation confirm our commitment to strengthening close and cooperative relations for the benefit of the peoples of our countries, international peace, global prosperity, and security.

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